Miracles News

July - September, 2008

The Exciting Dream

Rev. Larry Glenz

After 36 years as a history teacher and coach of several sports at the same high school, I am now in the final two months before my retirement from a long and rewarding career. Any major change in the “external world” is usually a source of anxiety for those of us still too attached to the ego-self and the illusion of who we think we are. I have loved being “Mr. Glenz” in the classroom and “Coach Glenz” on the field for so long I have come to believe that this is who I really am. Everything except the concepts I’ve learned from A Course in Miracles tells me that I really am this guy!

I am now in the process of reading Take Me to Truth — Undoing the Ego by Nouk Sanchez and Tomas Viera. I am also looking forward to the three day workshop with these authors in Kiel, Wisconsin given in early August in order to help me better realize Who I really am. Being reminded that I am not who I think I am is of great value to me right now as I ponder what God’s plan for me is in this dream I have created that seems so real.

Since I am the creator of this dream and the Truth is that I am at home in the Oneness that is God, how then am I going to experience this radical change in my concept of who I am? Am I going to feel the same sense of importance that my school community has fostered upon me for more than three decades? It seems I have always loved my job more than others have loved theirs. Won’t I feel diminished without this familiar role I have cherished for so long? Some Answers are calling out to me.

I am being taught that my greater happiness lies in attaching to the Unified Self instead of the ego-self. I am being taught that trust in the Source is the most important of all qualities required for me to fully reach my potential for happiness. And I am taught we do not know our own best interests except to ask for Higher Guidance. This is all very reassuring and exciting; but can I keep myself focused on the Unified Self and not the ego-self?

Commitment to these beautiful concepts and a strong desire for a greater connection to Holy Spirit is, I’m sure, the true pathway of Light. So with this commitment, I release all fear in my decisions since I do not intend to make them alone. My intention is to be open to everything — even those things and circumstances that I would not want or ask for in my life or for this planet. I do not know my own best interests except to ask for Higher Guidance — and so I will! And with that, how exciting is the rest of this dream going to be until I am fully awake?

I feel like I’m just getting started now. Marianne Williamson’s new book, The Age of Miracles — Embracing the New Midlife has also been very encouraging. It reminds me that I am in such a better mind-set than I was in for most of this dream. I’m ready to take off now with the direction provided by Holy Spirit. Since He awakens us slowly because of the shock we would experience otherwise, I guess I can just let the Holy Spirit take all the “time” necessary for a proper Awakening. In the meantime, I’ll just concentrate on the present moment — since that’s all there is anyway. Exciting? Yes, very exciting!

Rev. Larry Glenz, O.M.C., is a Pathways of Light minister living in Long Island, New York.

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